Securities & Trading
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467India Confirms Stock, Commodity Trading to be Allowed on Single Exchanges
Garima Chitkara, Regulation Asia January 4, 2018Individual exchanges will be able to host equity, equity derivative, commodity derivative, currency derivative, interest rate future and debt instruments.
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507Indonesia to Establish Derivatives CCP
Editors, Regulation Asia January 3, 2018Centralising counterparty risk at a clearinghouse will make derivative products offered by Indonesian financial institutions more competitive.
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India Overhauls Credit Rating Agency, Fund Sponsor Regulations
Editors, Regulation Asia January 2, 2018Securities regulator increases net worth requirement for agencies, requires separate legal entities for ‘non-core business’.
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577HSBC, StanChart Only HK Stocks to Fall Under MiFIR
Editors, Regulation Asia December 29, 2017Only two Hong Kong-listed stocks have sufficient EU volume to comply with MiFIR trading obligations.
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660Taiwan Stock Exchange Launches Co-location Services
Garima Chitkara, Regulation Asia December 29, 2017Exchange says move will boost trading speeds, bring Taiwan up to speed with international standards and regulations.
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453Malaysia to Introduce Alternative Trading Systems
Garima Chitkara, Regulation Asia December 26, 2017Securities Commission invites proposals from parties interested in participating in regulatory sandbox sessions under its innovation lab.
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562HK SFC to Remove Corporate Treasury of non-Financial Firms from OTC Regulation
Samuel Riding, Regulation Asia December 21, 2017Extensive consultation also proposes to expand risk mitigation requirements to ‘all licensed corporations’, rejects idea of regulatory threshold.
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493MAS to Expand Range of Eligible Collateral to Include Commodities for IRB Banks
Editors, Regulation Asia December 21, 2017Banks using internal ratings for credit risk under Basel guidelines will be allowed to have commodities as physical collateral.
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HK SFC Releases 1st MiC Regime Guidance Bulletin
Editors, Regulation Asia December 20, 2017Report warns on conflicts of interest in sales practices and asset management; notes asset management sector now has more than half of all intermediaries.
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HK SFC Proposes Raising Capital Required by Fund Managers
Editors, Regulation Asia December 19, 2017Consultation covers raising of minimum capital requirement to HKD10 million, introduction of derivatives use by public funds with enhanced safeguards.
